Fiumicino, 10 June 2024 – They will be the smell of salt, the sound of seagulls in flight and the sound of the waves which crash onto the shoreline to act as an idyllic setting for the first edition of the event, promoted by the association of traders in Via della Torre Clementina and the historic centre, with the patronage of the Lazio Region and the Municipality of Fiumicino and organized by RistorAgency, partner of the Il Faro online event, which will involve the general public for two evenings by the sea entirely dedicated to good food, Lazio wine, art and to live music.
La Via del Gusto – Wine, food, art and music in the street, this is the name of the event scheduled in Fiumicino in via della Torre Clementina and piazza Grassi on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th June 2024 (6pm/midnight), will open the doors to the summer season involving practically everyone the restaurant realities of the street in a real tasting journey in stages with tastings from restaurants paired with excellent glasses of wine (but there is also a craft beer), strictly from Lazio.
La Via del Gusto will therefore be a great widespread event, which will give the opportunity to all participants, upon purchase of the “kit” including glass, special pocket and tokens for tastings (15 euros), to walk through a real “food district”, for a tasting to be enjoyed together with family and friends, in an atmosphere of conviviality and light-heartedness while looking at the sunset and the sea, accompanied by background music. The event will open with the classic ribbon-cutting ceremony, in the presence of the mayor of Fiumicino Mario Baccini, the councilor for sport and culture Federica Poggio and the councilor for commerce and productive activities Raffaello Biselli.
Well 54 entities will be involved in the event: 27 catering businesses (including restaurants, bistros, taverns, pizzerias, bars and pastry shops), 26 wineries and 1 brewery. On the way, from 18:00 to 24:00, the special gazebos set up for the occasion will then offer to the patrons small tastings of their most iconic dishes, as well as wines from the paired companies, coming from all over Lazio, in an ideal “pairing”. These food-wine pairings will also continue in participating restaurants, for both days.
“We thought we’d organize an event that would promote not only our restaurants, but all the restaurant activities on the street, from the tower to the pier, without excluding anyone – explain the promoters of the event and owners of the Follis and Cielo restaurants -. “Via della Torre Clementina represents a unique event, not only for Fiumicino, and this is the right opportunity to enhance it and make it known even more. We thank Fabio Carnevali and Stefano Albano for helping us organize the event in the best possible way.”
Restaurant-winery pairings
Starting from the tower, at the beginning of the street, up to the end of the pier, the following a.s. will follow one anothercombinations between restaurant activities and wineriesoils from all over Lazio:
Fish Take Away – Dino Limiti;
Le Mokò – Gaffino Winery;
Bastianelli since 1929 – Castel De Paolis;
Valadier living room – La Luna del Casale;
A Place in the Sun – Cantine Volpetti;
La Ferramenta Bistrot – Parvus Ager;
Ge.pa.gi. – Tre D Cellar;
Osteria dell’Orologio – Tellenae;
Patrizi Pastry Shop – Cantine Silvestri;
L’Incannucciata – Cantina Sant’Andrea;
Mare Bistrot – Marco Carpineti;
La Marina – Casale del Giglio;
Youth Café – Tenuta Le Quinte;
Pescheria Scarci – Vin Viandante;
Follis – Cantine De Sanctis;
Sky – Cotarella family;
Clementina – Women of Vico;
Golden Italy – Tenuta Santa Lucia;
Al Chiosco – Mostoitaliano Agricultural Brewery;
Port Front – Me.De.Vi Mercanti Del Vino;
From Giorgio – Marco Mergé;
Café Tarumbò Restaurant – Valle Marina;
Mec Fish – House of Divine Providence;
Damiano Sushi Y Tacos – La Rasenna;
Tiber 41 – Solis Terrae;
Casa Gusto Molo 302 – Casata Mergé;
At the Pier – Cincinnatus.
To best accompany the tastings, it could not be missing good entertainment music. To compose the soundtrack of the event in 4 different spaces along the route there will be musical formations, mostly duos and trios, to make the experience even more unforgettable, immersive and evocative. This is the program prepared by the artistic director Alessandro Brogli.
Saturday 15 June (from 6pm to midnight)
ACOUSTIC MOOD TRIO POP (Soul, R’N’B) – Piazza Grassi
THE UKU BAND (Folk rock, Pop) – Spazio Cielo
LESS IS MORE TRIO (Soul, Pop, Jazz) – Spazio Tiber
ROCK INC. DUO ACOUSTIC VERSION (Acoustic rock) – Spazio Molo
Sunday 16 June (from 6pm to midnight)
ACOUSTIC MOOD TRIO POP (Soul, R’N’B) – Piazza Grassi
SARAHJANE OLOG TRIO (Pop, Soul, R’N’B) – Spazio Cielo
AKIRA (Folk, Pop, Soul) – Tiber Space
ES DEUX (Pop, Gothic Folk) – Spazio Molo
“La via del Gusto” artistic award
The Via del Gusto is also the name ofi an art prize, which will see 32 painters and sculptors at work, coordinated by the artistic director Otello Romani. In fact, along the entire route, with free access for all two days, 27 gazebos will be set up, conceived as small art galleries, where it will be possible to admire the creations of the competing artists. Their works will be viewed and evaluated by a competent jury as follows: Prof. Stefano Alessandrini (president of the jury), M° Lucio Trojano, M° Lanfranco Finocchioli, M° Giuseppe Mancuso, M° Carlo Solazzi. The first three classified will receive the same number of cash prizes, respectively 500 euros for the first classified, 300 euros for the second and 200 euros for the third.
